Presumed Guilty!
Alternative title: COPNET
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Presumed Guilty! is an espionage puzzle-solving game. The story begins when the director of the top secret S.D.I. research project "New-wave" has been killed in a tragic auto accident. As a Computer Operated Police Network (COPNET) agent the player has been assigned the investigation. The series of unexpected events turns you into the prime suspect. Starting from audio clues and using the COPNET database the player has to prove his innocence.

The gameplay is based on collecting and analyzing information using police COPNET system. The system gives you possibility to analyze the DNA, access personal data, view service news photos and many others. The pertinent information is added as your investigation proceeds.

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Description from the packaging:

The espionage crime of the century... and you are the prime suspect!
An S.D.I. Research computer programmer with Top Secret "UMBRA" clearance has been killed in a tragic auto accident under suspicious circumstances. As a new COPNET (Computer Operated Police Network) agent, you have been assigned the preliminary investigation. But, almost before your disk drive is up to speed, the case has exploded into one of international espionage, and you are the prime suspect.
You are swept up in a series of events so diabolical, so mind-boggling, it will take all your skill and perseverance to unravel the plot and prove your innocence. Your only hard evidence is an audio "clue" cassette and your access to the massive COPNET data banks.

As you are led on a trail of secrecy and intrigue, you discover that you are both the pursuer and the pursued! Yet, it is up to you to pierce the veil of the most incredible deception ever undertaken.
But, beyond this mystery... beyond your innocence... lies a plot so evil, so sinister that it must be uncovered and stopped... before the world's time runs out!

DNA Gene Print Comparisons help identify suspects.
Wire service news photos provide exciting clues.
Animated telemetry transmissions add graphic realism.
COPNET data banks store suspects' biographical information.
Coded Agency transmissions supply current updated files.
Pertinent information is added as your investigation proceeds.
